DuckDuckGo has been caught colluding with Bill Gates to tracks users online while misleadingly promoting itself as an advocate of privacy and free speech. According to a security researcher, DuckDuckGo (DDG) secretly whitelists Microsoft’s trackers as part of a deal with the Big Tech giant. DDG has made a name for itself as a privacy-first pro-free speech company. However, earlier this year its... 

After CEO of DuckDuckGo, Gabriel Weinberg announced that it would be abandoning its years-long commitment to “unbiased” search results by down-ranking “Russian disinformation,” two alternative search engines, Brave Search and Presearch, have committed to not censoring their search results. Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave Software (the company behind the privacy-focused Brave browser, Brave... 

Google is facing rising legal challenges from global regulators who accuse the tech giant of operating an illegal monopoly of its search and digital advertising businesses. One of its most well-known rivals is claiming that the tech giant is manipulating browser extensions to promote its products and curb competitors, adding a new wrinkle to the antitrust debate and increasing calls for new regulation. DuckDuckGo...